Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with anthropologist Jason de Leon, who was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in recognition of his work which shines a light on the human toll of U.S. immigration policies. His ...

In the fall of 1957, the Soviet Union satellite Sputnik 1 streaked across the night’s sky. The event kicked off the Space Age. It also captured the attention of 9-year-old Jack Stuster, who watched ...

Sticking with a long-term life partner to rear children has long been considered a dominant mating pattern for our species, ...

Who’s afraid of David Graeber? Not the dozens of D.C.-area residents who showed up on a recent night at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library to hear the anthropologist and radical activist talk ...

A skull fragment unearthed in Tanzania shows our ancient ancestors ate meat at least 1.5 million years ago, shedding new light on human evolution. A skull fragment unearthed by anthropologists in ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Through the creation of a new online university database, a Mississippi State forensic anthropologist is using his expertise to help find missing people. Jesse Goliath (Photo by ...

A baby found inside a bus terminal locker, a dead man whose fingerprints belonged to someone else — Jessica Campbell’s laboratory is filled with mysteries and unanswered questions. A forensic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sonya Rehman reports on art and culture from South Asia and beyond. Apr 30, 2022, 02:17pm EDT May 03, 2022, 06:02am EDT This ...